CALL FOR PAPERSMLA Convention 2007 (Chicago)Discussion Group on Yiddish Literature

Yiddish and Christianity. Yiddish emerged and developed withinChristian Europe. How did this effect the language and its culture?What attitudes have Christians adopted towards Yiddish? How doYiddish literature and other cultural forms portray Christians? Howdo modern Yiddish writers depict Jesus?

Abstracts (500 words, maximum) to be sent by March 20 to Beatrice Caplan,<bcaplan7_at_jhu.edu>